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Housework is an Academic Issue
I’ve just finished reading an article in Academe Online: Housework is an Academic Issue. I should begin by saying that I find studies of how academics spend their time fascinating. I’ve wr… more →
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Ann Romney, Fake “Mommy Wars,” and the Real Problems Facing Working Class Moms
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wrote 1 month ago: A few days ago, the top story on Huffington Post was an article titled “Women’s Jobs Axed by State A … more →
Calculating the Value of a Woman?
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wrote 3 months ago: International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8th. While Mother’s Day seems to … more →
Why takeout is a feminist issue
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wrote 7 months ago: First of all, I apologize for the headline. The internet has a few rules one has to play by in order … more →
Were Indian Women Better Off As Homemakers?
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wrote 1 year ago: The comment below has the answer. Yet another reason why women in India must ‘earn’ and … more →
Unpaid jobs: The new normal?
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wrote 1 year ago: While businesses are generally wary of the risks of using unpaid labor, companies that have used fre … more →
Vaginas: Official makers of coffee. Bleh.
wrote 1 year ago: Don't make me smash this off your face. It seems *funny to me that I’ve had to have this … more →
New York Workers Win Wage Protections
wrote 1 year ago: On December 13, 2010, New York governor David Paterson signed into law new protections for New York … more →
Housework is an Academic Issue
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just finished reading an article in Academe Online: Housework is an Academic Issue. I sho … more →
TCP/IP in the Home: Time to Account for Digital Housework
wrote 1 year ago: Studies of the hours spent on typically unpaid domestic labor have been with us for some decades. Pe … more →
Beck and call to thank you
wrote 2 years ago: “Beck and call to thank you” is a term that was used in the Middle Ages to designate the … more →
Beck and call to thank you
wrote 2 years ago: “Beck and call to thank you” is a term that was used in the Middle Ages to designate the … more →
. . . is never done.
wrote 3 years ago: I vacuum someone else’s floors, then come home and vacuum my own floors. … more →
SLAVERY - UNPAID COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS!
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wrote 3 years ago: NOVEMBER 1, 2008 It is inconceivable that nearly 150 years after slavery was abolished, it still is … more →
Defining Women's Work - according to my students
wrote 4 years ago: Not all women do “women’s work,” but the work that can be considered women’s … more →
